Where does “olikhet” come from?
olikhet (Swedish) comes from Swedish olik, from Old Norse úlíkr, from Proto-Germanic ungalīkaz, from Proto-Germanic un-, from Proto-Indo-European n̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.
olikhet (Swedish): an inequality
Ancestry of “olikhet”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Swedish | olik | unlike, different, dissimilar; different, various |
| 2 | Old Norse | úlíkr | unlike, different |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | ungalīkaz | dissimilar, different, unlike |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | un- | not, un- |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | n̥- | not, un- |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ne | not |